Oops, they did it again… 🙁 Borregaard, a large chemical manufacturer on the outskirts of Sarpsborg, Norway, and as such (one of) the largest employer in this area, has (probably) again managed to infect the area with Legionella, causing an outbreak of Legionellosis (also known as Legionnaires’ disease). Back in 2005 they already quite ‘successfully’ […]
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Well, I can now finally answer the question I asked myself in an earlier post, about what it would take for me to switch jobs. The answer turns out to be… location, location, location! Last week I got a job offer from Omnicom AS in Sarpsborg. The offices of this company are located 15 minutes
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Earlier this evening we enjoyed yet another great dinner at Big Horn in Sarpsborg, this time with Marianne’s parents. As usual, it was hard to decide which of the nice dishes to take, but I played it safe and took the 300 grammes (10.5 oz.) Mexican Pepper Steak, which I’ve had there twice before now.
Yup, we enjoyed the food and ambience so well during our visit last week that we decided to visit the local Big Horn restaurant again. This time I wanted to try the Western Beef Steak, to find out whether it’s as good as the Mexican Pepper Steak I had the week before. I needn’t have worried
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It had been a while, but tonight we decided to check out a ‘new’ restaurant in town. The Big Horn franchise opened a restaurant in Sarpsborg last December, and we went there to check it out. To keep a short story even shorter: Great service, even better food! Not cheap of course (even by Norwegian
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I thought I’d spend a couple of minutes on sharing my favorite webcams with anyone who’s interested… 😎 All of these are streaming webcams, except for the Melbourne one. Koningsplein, Amsterdam, the Netherlands: the best webcam on the Internet? It streams at high bandwidth, and features stereo sound(!). More information on this webcam can be
A room with a view… Read More »